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Archive for November 2006

November 3rd, 2006

Linux file permissions in a nut shell

There are 10 characters governing all Linux files.
They will look something like this

drwxr-xr-x

The first of these 10 characters is the file type. This may be one of the following:

‘d’ for directory
‘l’ for symbolic link
‘-’ for normal files
’s’ for a socket
‘p’ for a pipe
‘c’/’b’ for device files (character & block)

The other 9 characters govern the file […]

By George Bunyan -- 0 comments

November 2nd, 2006

Mathomatic - a calculator on steroids

Mathomatic is one of my favourite applications, it has saved me many hours of thinking.
It is best used to explain, but if you do any work with algebra then this will surely come in useful.
EDIT: Forgot the link to www.mathomatic.org. D’oh.
Remember kids, maths is fun!
George Bunyan

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November 1st, 2006

Ubuntu Edgy Eft is…

I installed the latest version of Ubuntu Linux yesterday, Edgy Eft. All the screws have been tightened and large amounts of polish have been used (I hope they had proper ventilation) to make it another great distribution.
I installed from scratch so as to get a better idea of the new version. As usual it has […]

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